Political Quotes

“I rise to speak for a few minutes about a gentleman whose 70th birthday will be celebrated next Monday night in Atlanta, GA. He is a gentleman who has deep ties to the Senate. His name is T. Rogers Wade. He came to the Senate in 1973 as an administrative assistant and later chief of staff to Georgia Senator Herman Talmadge. During those years, Senator Talmadge was chairman of the powerful Agriculture Committee which, in my State of Georgia, is instrumental. Rogers Wade is one of those unique people whom all of us, such as the Presiding Officer and myself, are lucky enough to have in our offices, somebody who supports us, keeps us moving in the right direction, helps us back home with our people--in other words, kind of drives our ship of State. My chief of staff does. Rogers Wade did it for Herman Talmadge. He took those talents and brought them back to Georgia after 1980 to do a number of memorable and tremendous things. For example, when he first came back he founded a firm called Edington Wade & Associates, a public affairs firm that represented many Fortune 500 companies throughout the State of Georgia and their locations. Following that, he did many other things in Georgia. He founded Leadership Georgia, a program today celebrating over 40 years in our State, generating new leaders for our State. It is a great program.”